Hair trimmer



Oct. 28, 1952 R BROWN 2,615,243

HAIR TRIMMER Filed May 15, 1950 Royce M. Brown INVENTOR.

Patented Oct. 28, 1952. l

\ HAIR TRIMMER. I 1 Royce M. Brown, Albuquerque, N. Mex.

Application May 15, 1950, Serial No. 161,983

- The present invention relates to certain new -and-useful improvements in manually actuable hair trimmers of the self-used type and has more particular reference to a smallhandle-equipped toothed base carrying a replaceable cutting blade cooperating with said teeth.

. An" object of this invention is to provide a dei'vice whereby an individual may trim his or her thedevice having particular utility in connection with trimmingmens hair which is shingled at the back and on the sides, the article of -invention having special provision for shingling,

the provision being .a smoothly curved bottom surface at the rear end of the device forming a cam attheheellor rear lower part of the base and the other end having forwardly extending teeth which are upwardly inclined, so that the trimmer may-be rocked during operation. I

The teeth are on the leading or advancing end of the base .and provide comb-likemeans, said teeth beingtriangular in cross-section with their flat basal surfaces disposed in directions away from the's'calp and with their-verticesor 'apices directly facing and contacting the scalp, whereby --to -'not only better pilotthe base but to successfully bunch'andgather the hair-shafts for keen shearing results where the. cutting edge overhangs the crotch portions between the respective Briefly summarized, the instrumentality provides a unique self-servicing hair trimmer which is quite small (approximately one-half inch wide and about an'inchand a half long) which is adapted to be held'in the users hand, maneuvered in a predetermined path and (contrary to .usual procedure) advanced upwardly from a low toward a high position in a manner to cleave the hair-shafts in a direction from their free outer ends toward their inner rooted ends comprising a scalp contacting base having spaced guard and guiding teeth across its leading edge, said teeth being gradually widened and increased in cross-section from their leading toward their trailing ends and providing wedge-like crotch portions between said trailing ends, a trimming blade mounted atop said base and having a cutting edge slightly overlying said crotch portions in a manner to shear the hair shafts as they are bunched between the teeth and gathered in said crotch portions, said cutting edge being oblique relative to the path of movement of said base, the leading ends of said teeth terminating on a diagonal line having the same obliquity as said cutting edge, all of said teeth being of the same length and projecting corresponding distances 2 Claims. (01. s a0) beyond said'cutting edge,and an upstanding centrally disposed longitudinal rib carried by'said base and constituting a finger-grip.

Other objects and features such as simplicity of construction, will become apparent in following the description of the illustrated forms of the invention. P

Inthe drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of oneiforrn of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side view of the device in Figure 1;

Figure'3 is a sectional view taken substantially I on the line 3-3 of Figure 2' and in'the' dire'ction 1 of-the arrows, everything being omitted except one tooth which is shown in'section; v Figure 4 is a plan view of a blade used in connection with the device; 1

Figure 5 is a plan view invention, and; v

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view-taken substantially on the line 6- 6 of Figure-5'anjd'in the direction of the arrows. Reference is first made to of a second forrn o'f the Figures 1-4. Here a base [0 is provided of any suitablematerial and ting edge extending to the'forwardinost position of the base. A blade'holder l6 having arl'nger grip I8 extending from one end, is pivoted at the other end by means of the screw 28, whichpasses through the passage [2. The screw is passed through a notch 22 at one end of the blade 14 and the other end of the blade has another notch 24 forming a seat for the locking pinor screw 28 which is secured to the body or base H1 and which passes through the passage 12. The screw 20 passes through the passage at one end thereof, while the screw 28 passes through the passage at the other end thereof.

A finger holding member 30 rises from the base the device is moved through the hair of the individual in order to provide the necessary shingling of the hair.

In order to assist in the proper cutting operation, there are special teeth provided. Any numpassage 62.

-describedform.

her of teeth may be used as considered practical. There are seven teeth provided in Figure 1,

this number being chosen merely for illustrative purposes. The teeth arearranged so that the leading points thereof are staggered, as is evident from the plan view in Figure 1. Each tooth is substantially triangular in cross section, for example the tooth 38 in Figure 3, and the teeth have each side tapering toward the front thereof. By thislconstructi'on the bottom surfaces of each tent that the tips are out of the hair and the p cutting operation is completed in that particular tooth (FigfZ) are'swept upwardly or upwardly inclined to provide a second bottomcam surface for smoothness of operation.

Reference is now made to Figure 5. There is a base 50, in this instance the base being provided of an upper section 52 and a lower section 54. The base is provided with a smoothly curved cam surface 56 which is equivalent to and which serves the same purpose as the cam surface-36.

The teeth of this form of the invention are shaped similarly to the; teeth of the first describedform of the invention, however there are upper teeth 58 provided at the leadingor front edge of the upper section '52. The lowerteeth taper as they project forwardly of the base so .that there is the-inclination forming the front cam surface below the teeth of the bottom section 54, as in the embodimentof Figure ,1,

A finger gripping member 60 rises from the upper section 52 andhas a finger recess 62 in one upper edge thereof.

j A; passage 62 .is formed between, the sections 52 and 54 in order to accommodat thesmall blade 64 which is disposed therein, theforward edge of the blade projecting forwardly but stop- ..ping behind the front pointed parts-of the teeth.

A screw or similar fastening elementfifi is passed through openings in the sections 52 and 5.4 in order to hold the two sections together thereby forming the jaws to retain the blade 64 in the The operation of this form of the-invention is identical to the operation of the previously Thistrimmer may beused, after first dampening the hair with warm water, and the trimming operation may well be begun in front of the ear, atthe extreme bottom or lower edge of the'hair, and proceed by pushingthe trimmer upwards and into the hair against the lay or grain of the hair. At the beginning of; the operation the front of the trimmer is held down tight against the skin, but asjit proceeds upward you gradually relax this pressure to'leavethe stubble of the hair longer as you proceed higher. .As it nears the crown or upper part ofv the head, the

teeth are permitted-to finally rise to such an ex- 1 stituting a fulcrum'ing shoe.

area.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A manually actuable self-servicing hair trimmer adapted to be held in the user's hand and advanced by way of a predetermined path from a low toward a high position to. in this Imanner, clip the hairshafts in-a'direc'tion from their free outer ends toward" their inner rooted ends comprising a scalp contacting base plate having an oblique leading edge with forwardly projecting teeth all of said teeth being the same in length, pointed and triangular in cross-section and having their pointed ends on a line Y which corresponds in obliquity with the obliquity of said leading edge, a blade assembling and clamping plate superimposed upon and separably fastened to said base plate and provided with a central axially disposed finger grip, and a cutting blade interposed between said plates andsecured therebetween, the cutting edge of said blade and leading edge .of' said clamping plate both being oblique and having their. obliquities ..corr.e

sponding with the first-named .oblique edge.-

- 2. The structure specified in claim l,--whe'rein the leading edge of theclamping plate has teeth with the terminal ends thereof spaced inwardly of the cutting edge of said blade, the intermediate area of the bottom of saidbase plate being flat and the trailing edge being-convex andcon- ROYCE M. BROWN..

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